The Ancistroidini are a
tribe
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in the
Hesperiinae
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
subfamily of skipper
butterflies. They are often blackish in base color; several of the
genera contain the
species
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commonly called "demon butterflies" or "demon skippers". As most Hesperiinae have not yet been assigned to tribes, more genera are likely to be placed into this presently rather small group eventually.
[Warren, Andrew D. ''The higher classification of the Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)''. Oregon State University, 2006.]
References
Butterfly tribes
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